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Cannot create virtual switch

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I'm running Win 2019 Server. I installed the Hyper-V role and associated features. When I try to create a new virtual switch I get an error that it failed to create the switch file not found. Any idea what this could be? I tried to uninstall the NICs and
reinstall but still the same problem.

Hello Michael, thank you for the info. That actually resolved the issue. The only question is that installing the intel network drivers also installed something called "Intel(R) network Connections 23.5.0.0 which I can now see in the programs and features
and I also see a service related to this being shut down when I shut down the server. Is this needed for the drivers to work?

Intel Network Connections is a utility to control how an Intel network card functions, not normally needed and probably installed if you just installed the driver using the defaults rather than custom, to only install the driver. Therefore, usually safe
to uninstall.

Hello Michael, Actually the install program is an "exe" file. The service was the Intel PRO set which I could uncheck and it uninstalled it and I left only the "drivers" box check which left the drivers on my machine. However the "Intel
Network Connections" remains on the machine. I'm afraid that if I do remove it that it will remove the drivers as well.